List of Famous people born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Miku Tanabe is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48's Team B.

Risaburo Toyoda was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd founder Sakichi Toyoda, and brother-in-law of Toyota Motor Corporation founder, Kiichiro Toyoda .

Ryōsuke Oguma is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently a staff for Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played in NPB for the Dragons.

Shinichi Osawa , better known by his stage name Mondo Grosso, is a Japanese musician, DJ, record producer and composer currently signed onto Avex Trax's Rhythm Zone label. Previously he was signed to Sony Music Japan's FEARLESS RECORDS division and released albums under the title of Mondo Grosso. Over the course of his career he has worked in genres from acid jazz to house, with strong influences of underground club music, though his recent work has been in the genre of electro house. HMV Japan rated Mondo Grosso at #95 on their "Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists" and Shinichi Osawa is ranked as Japan's #1 electro house DJ and Japan's #3 overall DJ by TopDeejays.com.

Mariko Kihara is a Japanese figure skater. She has won three senior internationals – the 2014 Coupe du Printemps, 2015 Bavarian Open, and 2016 Triglav Trophy.

Yuto Iwasaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for JEF United Chiba in the J1 League.

Masami Ihara is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Kurumi Mamiya is a Japanese voice actress from Yasu, Shiga Prefecture. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. She has been known for her voice role as Hamtaro.

Kenichi Hayakawa is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

Kenta Kazuno is a Japanese badminton player specializing in doubles. In 2016, he competed at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.